The first batch of YC founders photo is a bit heartbreaking. Aaron next to Sam next to pg and Jessica on the left. The latter batches benefited from the learnings, but this batch must have been so much more personal.
Agreed, and the lack of diversity is also a bit heartbreaking. No women, and no under-represented minorities (as far as I can tell). I'm sure YC has tried to fix that in present classes, but still funny that the stereotype of silicon valley is grounded in real life.
You could only make that claim if you knew who applied to YC that first batch and was rejected. Do you actually know or is this simply a way of harping on a subject that is dear to you and is there someone / some group that you feel got left out on purpose?
No, nothing like that - I am removed from any personal feelings.
Just observing facts from the picture. I'm getting down-voted, but I don't mean any ill will towards anyone. Perhaps no women or minorities applied to be in the first batch, but then again, that is also an indicator of a social issue - that more women and blacks and hispanics are not engaged in tech.
I just wish that tech entrepreneurship drew a more diverse crowd, as that would bring more diverse and necessary solutions for world problems. Not everything can be fixed from the lens of middle class white and asian men.
